synthetic

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The product - which, you may be surprised to read, doesn't smell - has already been used to grow grass and crops, with field trials suggesting it can be as effective as synthetic fertiliser.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

"This is real nanotechnology, as we can manipulate matter at the nanoscale. It is also a critical development for functional textiles, as the scrolls could be incorporated as reinforcement materials in synthetic fibers."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

But rather than equity ownership, with voting rights and traditional regulatory protections, the Kraken product is essentially a synthetic token backed by a stock.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

These can be made either from municipal waste and no-food biomass, or from synthetic industrial processes, which take carbon from the atmosphere to produce the fuel, or a mix of both.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In the process, Goldman Sachs created a security so opaque and complex that it would remain forever misunderstood by investors and rating agencies: the synthetic subprime mortgage bond–backed CDO, or collateralized debt obligation.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis